USS General Pillow
Gunboat of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS General Pillow was a gunboat captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War and placed into service with the Union Navy. She served the Union cause from 1862 until the end of war in 1865. It was named for General Gideon Pillow.
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Commissioned | 23 August 1862 |
Decommissioned | July 1865 |
Captured | 9 June 1862 |
Fate | Sold, 26 November 1865 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 38 tons |
Length | 81 ft 5 in (24.82 m) |
Beam | 17 ft 1 in (5.21 m) |
Draft | 3 ft 8 in (1.12 m) |
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Armament | two 12-pounder howitzers |
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